Pakistani Dramas and the Normalization of Abuse
Throughout the years, many have called out Pakistani dramas for their absurd portrayal of romance, and yet our writers continue to write...
Features
Our features section highlights longer more in depth pieces that interpret our monthly themes in a large number of ways. Features go beyond just reporting on the news cycle and often bring a fresh perspective ( pun intended!) to the latest happenings.
Amna Sheikh
- Mar 26
- 3 min
Suicide in the Pakistani context: Escape or Freedom?
We often hear incidents of youngsters fighting with life after taking a large number of sleeping pills at home, or adults jumping off a...
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Zainab Waseem
- Mar 25
- 6 min
From Stigma to Inaccessibility: The Plight of Mental Health in Pakistan
We’ve got to admit it; mental health isn’t Pakistan's strongest forte. Something we didn't know though, is how bad we’re at it. Out of...
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Aatqa Ali
- Feb 28
- 7 min
Why is codependency in marriage an unhealthy approach?
Whenever we hear the news of a broken marriage, one common public reaction is, "Ajj Kal ke bachon ko rishte nibhaane hi nhi aate” (kids...
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Aatqa Ali
- Jul 30, 2021
- 7 min
Why White Crowns Over Brown - An Ugly Truth
Imagine an eternal red rose or enchanting yellow of daffodils turns white! Or that charismatic rainbow after the rainfall does not fall...
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Zainab Waseem
- Jul 26, 2021
- 4 min
Role of Pakistani Drama Industry in Promoting Toxic Narratives
Today, media plays a pivotal role in building the perceptions surrounding societal norms and values. Its representation of toxic...
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Bazigah Murad
- Jun 23, 2021
- 8 min
Women in Power vs. The Society
Countering challenges has always been a very dominant part of women’s life. When she is born, she counters half of her blood relations...
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Ibra Aamir
- Jun 20, 2021
- 4 min
Entrepreneurship Culture Among Children
Starting a venture, being your own boss, running a company – a hidden desire in every child that has never seen the light of the day....
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Zainab Waseem
- Jun 18, 2021
- 7 min
Why it's important to have your own business in the 21st century
It’s no secret our country is exceptionally fond of a handful of professions. Whether it’s Ali from Karachi, Shabana from Lahore, Ayesha...
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Laraib Laiq
- May 24, 2021
- 6 min
The Neutral Stance And Its Implications - Why Not Both Sides?
The recent events that took place in Palestine, the land occupied by Israel, definitely made waves on social media. This issue is not a...
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Anmol Irfan
- May 6, 2021
- 4 min
Women Need To Stop Being Isolated From Mosques
Despite growing up next to a Masjid, my interaction with the sacred space was limited to hearing the Azan 5 times a day, and once a year...
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Yasmin Al-Najar
- Apr 30, 2021
- 4 min
Invisible Illnesses In Ramadan
It is often forgotten that people with physical illnesses, whether temporary or permanent and mental illnesses are also exempt from fasting
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Fatima Usman
- Apr 25, 2021
- 7 min
Invisible Disabilities and Casual Ableism
Putting great faith in society and its members, I can hope to say we have come a long way in empathizing with and catering to...
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Khaula Rizwan
- Apr 20, 2021
- 9 min
Why I made peace with my stutter?
Stuttering is not a problem in itself but becomes one when it is stigmatized. I stuttered a lot as a child. The little demons of stutter
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Yasmin Al-Najar
- Mar 13, 2021
- 5 min
The Islamophobic portrayals of Muslim women on our screens needs to stop
It is damaging to Muslim women’s mental health and self-perception to constantly be portrayed as either the victim or perpetrator. It is...
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Yasmin Al-Najar
- Feb 27, 2021
- 6 min
Has the pandemic pushed us to have a healthier relationship with shopping?
With the world wide pandemic impacting millions of people’s jobs and livelihoods, now more than ever we need a healthy relationship with...
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Rida Maryam Zafar
- Feb 2, 2021
- 6 min
Learning to Accept My Auto-Immune Disorder
The bitterness I started feeling as a child made it difficult for me to process my health in a holistic way. For one, I tried not to think a
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Damisha Salim
- Jan 24, 2021
- 10 min
Popular but Perilous
On the unhealthy renditions of Mawlana Rumi by Coleman Barks Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing, there is a field. I’ll meet...
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Ibra Aamir
- Jan 15, 2021
- 3 min
How Unhealthy Relationships Affect Children - Ibra Aamir
Drunk in their own sorrows, parents forget how their verbal and physical abuse towards each other impacts their children. Family is...
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Perspective Mag
- Jan 11, 2021
- 4 min
Growing Pains: How To Have A Healthy Relationship With Yourself - Nawal Zia
The third and last step towards a healthy relationship with yourself is being your own best friend, people come and people go (reality check
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Maryam Salman
- Jan 7, 2021
- 4 min
Pakistan's MeToo Movement Shows Us How Unwilling We Are To Call Out Our So Called Idols
Why did Meesha Shafi face a major backlash? Just because she spoke for her rights? Or just because of the mere fact that she is a woman?
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Perspective Mag
- Nov 29, 2020
- 2 min
Animals and South Asian Weddings, why? - By Halimah Begum
Grooms tend to arrive in a procession known as a baraat, marking the official start of the ceremony. This is when the groom is sat on a vib
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Yasmin Al-Najar
- Nov 10, 2020
- 4 min
Why no one should support the dog breeding industry
This is not a Build-a-Bear workshop where you can pick and choose your fluffy animal’s features without any real consequences. Dogs are thin
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Perspective Mag
- Oct 30, 2020
- 4 min
A Beacon Of Hope - The Citizens Foundation
The coronavirus crisis has left thousands of vulnerable girls at the risk of early marriage and school dropouts. However, if everyone as
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Ibra Aamir
- Oct 16, 2020
- 3 min
Through Foreign Eyes - Why Eva Zu Beck's Portrayal Of Pakistan Matters
Recently, Eva Zu Beck, a Polish travel vlogger, arrived in Pakistan and stayed in the country for a span of 13 months. During her stay, she
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Yasmin Al-Najar
- Oct 6, 2020
- 5 min
8 Myths About Pakistan Debunked
Whether you love exploring bustling vibe of the city or the serenity of nature, Pakistan has something to suit everyone. Pakistan has a rich
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Nawal Zia
- Sep 29, 2020
- 3 min
How The Male Superiority Complex Affects Women In Our Society - Nawal Zia
The superiority complex of males in our society is so toxic to the extent that a successful, hard-working, and self-built woman intimidate t
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Perspective Mag
- Sep 26, 2020
- 3 min
The Role Of Women In Non - Violent Protests - Fizzah Mansoor
The emergence of women at the helm of mass protests isn’t unique to Belarus. Over the past decade, women have stood out as symbols of moveme
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Maheen Mansoor
- Sep 24, 2020
- 5 min
The Psychology Of Rapists - Maheen Mansoor
A believe in rape myths such as , ‘ no means yes’ or if someone says no to any sexual advances may be playing hard to get, is a result of a
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Bassama Tanvir
- Sep 21, 2020
- 9 min
The Sound Of The Airplanes
She can see it. She can see men dying, leaving the women behind. She can see women jumping in wells again. She can feel it. She can feel al
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Perspective Mag
- Sep 17, 2020
- 10 min
Trivialisation Of Rape, Conformation Of Pakistani State And Society - Uzair Mohiuddin
One may argue that for an entire decade the cases of rape and sexual violence were systematically suppressed. Not only did it pave the way f
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Perspective Mag
- Sep 17, 2020
- 4 min
What It Feels Like Being 25 - Mahnoor Soomro
You have planned - and cancelled - 10,000 national and 12,000 International trips, yet ended up accompanying your parents for their cousin's
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Perspective Mag
- Sep 9, 2020
- 5 min
What Can We Learn From The Legacies of 1947: The Silencing Of Trauma - Sarah Nabi
On a political level, Partition was regarded as a moment of insanity from which the people had recovered, and the focus was put on the trium
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Perspective Mag
- Sep 1, 2020
- 8 min
Collective Amnesia in Colonial Apologisers - Zeerak Khurram
Because of the colour line, it is near impossible for people of colour and other minorities to achieve the American Dream. Let me rephrase t
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Perspective Mag
- Sep 1, 2020
- 4 min
The Women, The Myth, The Legend: Working Moms - Interview with Rakhshanda Mansoor
In an average home, women are expected to take the lead in upholding relationships, attending family events, looking after children’s needs
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Perspective Mag
- Aug 30, 2020
- 3 min
Dangers Of Bullying - Ibra Amir
The children who were previously ridiculed in front of a bunch of classmates, are now being harassed internationally through social media pl
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Fizzah Mansoor
- Aug 30, 2020
- 5 min
Child Labour vs National Interests: The story of Iqbal Masih
Iqbal was born into a poor Catholic family in Muritke, near Lahore. In 1986 at the age of four, he was sold into bondage after his family wa
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Perspective Mag
- Aug 30, 2020
- 3 min
Gender Bias, What's That? An Open Letter to My Father - Manali Desai
It was when I met other fathers that I realized how lucky I was. Not all are able to talk that way with their fathers. And even fewer are ab
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Perspective Mag
- Aug 30, 2020
- 2 min
Ammi's House - Sophia Abid
We started off with silly drawings on the floor of the garage and then luckily enough, were allowed to draw on the main gate of the house,
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Perspective Mag
- Aug 30, 2020
- 6 min
Closet Of Memories - Ibad Ur Rehman
The doors flung open like two arms spread out, yearning for a long-awaited embrace, to reveal the contents within – 32-year objects that wer
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Perspective Mag
- Aug 30, 2020
- 2 min
My journey as an author - Shivangi
I lessened my reticent behavior to make new friends with similar interests and life goals. My new found revelation was that people in colleg
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Perspective Mag
- Aug 30, 2020
- 3 min
Driving Vehemently Against Urbanism - Rida Akhtar Ghumman
Back then, two minutes before crossing the Neelum Valley border, after hours and hours of whirlpooling in dust clad mountains from Muzaffara
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Perspective Mag
- Aug 30, 2020
- 3 min
Missing Identity - Growing up without South Asian Literature
Mainstream literature still faces the problem of stereotyping brown people, or overdoing certain aspects of brown culture which makes it see
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Perspective Mag
- Aug 30, 2020
- 5 min
Disjointed Thoughts in Therapy - Zeerak Khurram
But where does that leave me in our desi society that often looks at people like me as “weak”, “not strong enough” or “nafsiatee” (crazy)? I
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Perspective Mag
- Aug 30, 2020
- 4 min
The Crucible Within: A Muslim Woman in Hong Kong - Fatima Qureshi
In my pursuit of community and compassionate friendships, I stealthily thrusted myself into the internet universe and found a treasure trove
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Perspective Mag
- Aug 30, 2020
- 3 min
Understanding Identity, Unlearning Privilege
While recognition of existing problems doesn’t mean the problem immediately goes away, it does point us in the direction of a very important
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Perspective Mag
- Aug 30, 2020
- 3 min
Countering Taboos Against Therapy
Social stigma around therapy not only forces people to avoid therapy, but often pressures them into lying about it even when they do avail i
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Perspective Mag
- Aug 30, 2020
- 4 min
Finding Comfort in Strangers - the journey to online support groups
Regardless of whichever platform these women may feel most closely associated with, each of them does something extremely important. In a wo
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Perspective Mag
- Aug 30, 2020
- 3 min
Where are the women? - Reclaiming Public Spaces
The slow acceptance of women enjoying public spaces - or dhabas to be precise has coincided with the rise of a certain kind of fancy dhabas
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Perspective Mag
- Aug 30, 2020
- 7 min
Neeli Auratein - Zeerak Khurram
I was more than a little scared to look up domestic violence statistics. I didn't know why at first. As a journalism student, I've had to de